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What’s Up With Pooj?

Nothing much has been going on with me this week. I have still been a little anxious about the future which is why I chose this Corrie Ten Boom quote. When we fixate on the future we sacrifice our present and that’s something I definitely don’t want to do. Living in the present is something I’ve been trying to be better at for years and I don’t want to sacrifice my progress because of my anxiety.

In other totally unrelated news, I’ve been rewatching Sherlock with my dad and we just finished the last episode tonight. That show started out fantastic but I absolutely hated the last season and the end of the second last season. I would recommend watching the first few episodes though.

Oh and one more thing, remember how I was complaining about writers block? Well, I’m feeling much better now and I’m back to working on my books. I wrote like two thousand words the other day and it felt GREAT. I mean, I was up till like 4am writing but yeah. Worth it.

Also, did you see the eclipse today?? We didn’t in Kenya but I saw a live stream on Instagram.

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93 responses to “Corrie Ten Boom Quote”

  1. Stephanie Avatar
    Stephanie

    Wonderful that you’re getting back in the flow! We had a cloudy day here, also weren’t in the path of totality, also I worked. I did go to Twitter (a rare thing for me these days) to see incredible photos.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much! I’m so glad you still got to see the images. It really was incredible.

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  2. Rita Avatar
    Rita

    I agree with her quote! Worry does nothing to lengthen our days or make them happier. It’s a total waste of time, that I make time for often!!!

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Haha same here!

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  3. Bookstooge Avatar
    Bookstooge

    I remember reading The Hiding Place in middle school. It has still stuck with me all these years.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      I was just thinking about reading The Hiding Place when I noticed it was written by her, it sounds fantastic.

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  4. ianscyberspace Avatar
    ianscyberspace

    What a powerful quote from a remarkable Dutch woman

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Truly so.

      Reply
  5. John Avatar
    John

    I’m glad that you’ve got your writing groove back, Pooja! The quote is exactly right, perfect. Occasionally, my mind will drift way back to the 1980s and even the 1960s. It’s kind of tough to not do that some days…

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much! Yeah, I understand. Our past memories are hard to forget and let go of.

      Reply
  6. Milena Alien Avatar
    Milena Alien

    Hey Pooja, great to know you are feeling better! it’s a great quote, I am just living life, reading books, buying gifts, cooking up a storm. I got my art in a new store in Portland, that’s always exciting to me. Tomorrow I am going to an art class to paint eggs and see old friends. Eclipse didn’t affect me much, but i can feel it in the air mental health is in decline these few days. Stay well!

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much! Wow, congratulations that’s wonderful. The art class sounds fun too and so does everything else you’ve been up to. Glad you’re keeping busy. Stay well too, mental health is important so take care of yourself!

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      1. Milena Alien Avatar
        Milena Alien

        I will

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  7. Warren Avatar
    Warren

    Right now I’m doing what i usually do whenever I get a hint of being ill….I drink massive amounts of tea and honey, water, and take every drug I can get legally over the counter and watch crappy tv and movies…have become obsessed with old black and white movies….

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Yea, that helps stop it before it gets bad. I do enjoy occasional black and white movies but not much.

      Reply
  8. thomasstigwikman Avatar
    thomasstigwikman

    Yes I live in Dallas and we had a total solar eclipse and the weather was luckily cooperating. First there was a partial eclipse and you could see the sun being partially covered by the black moon if you used eclipse glasses like we had. It looked like a crescent. Then totality happened, it got dark, the stars came out, and now you could look straight at the sun without any glasses. It looked like a black circle surrounded by a relatively dim fuzzy light (compared to the sun). That was the corona. I noticed a very bright star-like object not too far from the sun. I used my google sky map app on my phone to see what it was. It was the planet Venus, almost straight above our heads. Normally you never see Venus in that position. I thought that was maybe the coolest part of it.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Wow, that is so incredible. It’s so cool you got to witness that in person.

      Reply
  9. Joseph Glidden Avatar
    Joseph Glidden

    I went to a friends house out in the country and watched the partial eclipse with a number 14 welder’s lens and we also checked on the total eclipse on CNN’s Eclipse across America.

    My hometown on the east coast had perfect weather and totality, so I should have gone home for a visit.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Yeah, maybe a trip back home would have been great to view it but at least you got to see some of it.

      Reply
  10. sandysbookaday Avatar
    sandysbookaday

    We didn’t see the eclipse here in New Zealand either, Pooja. I had my nephew join me for lunch today which was lovely, and have been talking to my youngest son who lives in Australia. We have wet weather forecast for the next few days so am planning on binge-watching the Apples Never Fall series. I think that quote is great! I’m sorry that you are suffering so much from anxiety and hope you can soon conquer this problem. And congratulations on overcoming the writer’s block! 💕📚

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      That sounds like a nice day. It’s very rainy here for the next few days too. We’re also having winter but the African version of it where it’s just rainy and not that cold. Thank you so much! ☺️

      Reply
  11. Poet of the Light Avatar
    Poet of the Light

    Methinks, all emotional worry is simply dark fragments of a narcissistic nurturing. The more their exposed, the smaller they become until their finally anilated.

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    1. Poet of the Light Avatar
      Poet of the Light

      Anyone who places the burden on the victim to perceive their scarred past in a better light is both disingenuous and a re-victimizer for their own nefarious purpose of playing a false hero.

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    2. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      That’s an interesting way to look at it. I think of it as more of a biological thing. Like being stuck on fight or flight.

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      1. Poet of the Light Avatar
        Poet of the Light

        Ummm fight or flight are merely… biological responses to triggers ( the fragments). Rewire (retrain by override) biological responses through practice by logically identifying both their roles and inefficiency to trigger you.

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        1. Pooja G Avatar
          Pooja G

          That’s true, you can absolutely rewire your brain. That’s why stuff like CBT works so well with patients with anxiety.

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          1. Poet of the Light Avatar
            Poet of the Light

            So long as it’s short lived and they’re not just capitulating to a new life master to avoid doing the retraining.

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  12. byngnigel Avatar
    byngnigel

    Glad your back on the wagon, Pooja. I always get a buzz from writing, and I truly despise the downtime when it happens..no matter the reason. In South Florida we only got a partial eclipse, it wasn’t spectacular as we did have some cloud cover. April is always a chance to start new writing projects, which I did. A book, a new short fiction series for my blog, and another Collab is in the works. I’ve been a bit under the weather..but finding my groove again slowly.
    I’m pleased you’re feeling energized again with your creative vibe. Good luck with your projects 🤗👏👏👏

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much. The buzz you get from writing just hits different, it’s like ecstasy. Wishing you the best with all your writing endeavours and hoping you have a swift recovery.

      Thanks you 😊

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      1. byngnigel Avatar
        byngnigel

        Thank you Pooja G. Fingers crossed. 🙏🙏

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        1. Pooja G Avatar
          Pooja G

          You’re so welcome 😊

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  13. Opher Avatar
    Opher

    Action and decision remove anxiety!!

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Yes, very much so!

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  14. writinstuff Avatar
    writinstuff

    It’s like my Granny always says, don’t borrow trouble from tomorrow!

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Yesss, she’s absolutely right!

      Reply
  15. Doug Avatar
    Doug

    About the quote: I think I remember that Wayne Dyer, self-help author and motivation speaker, who was popular a while ago, said the same thing about “worry.” Jargon can become a problem sometimes. My Mother’s favorite slogan was “Don’t worry about it,” and she pushed unreality even in small ways: as a kid I remember we lived in a house with a back yard that had apparently a lot of insects and birds. I asked her once about the noise in the back where I slept — there were a lot of unique repetitive insect and bird calls ( I remember one that went from a high pitch all the way down the musical scale and ended with two sobs). She said, “I don’t hear anything. Don’t worry about it.” Anything she didn’t like, she didn’t hear.
        We only had a partial eclipse and it was nothing much, but there was a big swath of territory from the Texas-Mexican border to Maine that had a total eclipse. The hype on the news was interesting. It was a double mutual rejection: the religious and spiritual people were scornful of the atheist scientists who were only interested in what could be learned about how the Sun works and why it’s extra hot past the corona; the scientists treated everyone like silly ignorant children. My fictional friend Penelope was insulted; I thought the moon was just a black blob that didn’t tell me anything:
    It’s a big black blob on the Sun
    as if a censor were hiding a nipple.
    They say the corona will have
    milk streaming out into space, and a
    confused cow will jump over the moon.

    Penelope, must we go on the road
    to the totality

    As amateurs we will learn nothing
    about corona beer or solar flares

    Let the experts study it, but
    it isn’t mystical anymore
    except for the fearful birds
    and silly people.

    The moon is usually a heartbeat above and below the ecliptic
    but sometimes it is a bewitching dream in the dark minutes
    that emerges between us and the sun in the moony afternoon

    Dreams are had in the dark, I know.

    Party, party, party.
    I believe in mystical love.

    Penelope, you are the moody moon.
    Don’t eclipse our love because
    I love to watch you watch
    the romance of the sky.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      A lot of people prefer to live in denial, it’s easier I think than dealing with things we have little control over or are unable to change.

      Reply
  16. DEVANG UPADHYAYA Avatar
    DEVANG UPADHYAYA

    Worry take away today’s happiness….

    There are something that we cannot change, worrying about them won’t make a difference.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Yes, it absolutely does and that’s why we have to control ourselves when it comes to worrying. True, some things we have no control over anyway.

      Reply
  17. Brian, Snarebox Avatar
    Brian, Snarebox

    Only had a partial eclipse where I lived but it was still eerie. The dim light was a completely different color from normal dawn or dusk.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Still a very cool experience. I’ve only seen a couple in my life and it’s always been really amazing.

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  18. Stella Reddy Avatar
    Stella Reddy

    Hi Pooja! Great quote!
    I am glad your writing is on again! Can’t wait to see your books.
    I share a post this morning on the partial eclipse we had here too, it was really cloudy, but the lighting got eerie, felt like all the colours got drained… I share a pic of what I saw here in NL, Canada. I watched it on the news, as areas here got a total eclipse… It was awesome to see…

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much! Wow, that’s incredible even if you didn’t see the whole thing.

      Reply
      1. Stella Reddy Avatar
        Stella Reddy

        🌞

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  19. J M Negi Avatar
    J M Negi

    Very true, thanks.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much.

      Reply
  20. Sadje Avatar
    Sadje

    A very good reminder that worry is such a complete waste of our energy.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Yes, it really is. I mean, we don’t really have control over our destiny anyway (in my opinion) so we may as well just go with it instead of fighting and worrying.

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      1. Sadje Avatar
        Sadje

        Exactly! And worrying never helps.

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        1. Pooja G Avatar
          Pooja G

          Yeah, all it does it stress you out more.

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          1. Sadje Avatar
            Sadje

            🤗🤗🤗

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  21. Carol Corrigan Avatar
    Carol Corrigan

    Love the quote, and I try to stay in the moment, not worry about the future too much. It keeps me calm before my many and varied hospital appointments each week 🙁 I’d love a week to just rest, blog and get on with my book.

    Well done on your 2000 words Pooja. Tell me, what’s your book about? You know I’ve been away for a while so I must have missed your book post.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much. Yeah, not worrying about the future helps with anxiety. Sorry about the hospital appointments, those can get stressful 🙁

      Oh yeah, I’m working on multiple books right now. The one I’m done with is a poetry book with 100 poems. It should be published very soon- hopefully in a few weeks. The other book I’m writing is a murder mystery and it’s been so fun to do.

      What’s your book about?

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  22. utahan15 Avatar
    utahan15

    not long stick goes
    ala storace
    but the dutch horace
    gudka

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      The Dutch are fascinating people

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      1. utahan15 Avatar
        utahan15

        the dutch are weird. bea vander merwe was nice. my old type teacher. mr tudball not so much. not real tim conway on the old carol burnette show ya know!

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  23. A & J PEI Treasures/E Jean Simpson, BEd, BA, MA Avatar
    A & J PEI Treasures/E Jean Simpson, BEd, BA, MA

    Nice quote! Glad the writer’s block is clearing. She could still believe in things after having spent time in the concentration camp. If I remember correctly, she lost a lot of her family there. Hiding Jewish children. She was a brave woman.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Yes, she was an incredibly brave woman. It’s truly amazing how caring some are and were, to risk everything to help others is amazing.

      Reply
  24. Destiny Avatar
    Destiny

    so true to this quote…just to remember it daily 🥴🤭

    glad the writing is going well for you , Pooja 🤍💫

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much, lol remembering it when we need to is the problem 🤭

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      1. Destiny Avatar
        Destiny

        😬 so true….but we always try too…and it’s great to be reminded from time to time. Thank you for that….🤗🤍

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        1. Pooja G Avatar
          Pooja G

          Always a pleasure, yes sometimes we just need a reminder 🤗💓

          Reply
  25. emilybrookswriter Avatar
    emilybrookswriter

    I absolutely love that quote! I need that on my wall! Also…My husband and I had just been talking about how much we hated the last Sherlock season! It felt like a parody of itself…I agree that the rest is good, though!

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Yesss, same here. The quote is so on point. Absolutely, the last season of Sherlock was so far fetched and unrealistic. Didn’t work at all. The rest of the show was really good.

      Reply
  26. Baydreamer - Lauren Scott Avatar
    Baydreamer – Lauren Scott

    I love the quote, Pooja. It’s a great reminder to not let the tentacles of worry get a hold of the present! 🙂 I tend to worry, so I have to remind myself of this wisdom. And it’s great that you’re writing again! 4am, well, morning is my best time, so whatever works, right? Keep writing and have a good rest of your week. 💞

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thank you so much. That’s absolutely it, worry just ruins our present! Have a great rest of your week too 💕

      Reply
  27. Geoff Stamper Avatar
    Geoff Stamper

    Worry is generally a waste of valuable time but is a basic human addiction.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Yes, that’s the problem. We love to worry even when we know it’ll change nothing.

      Reply
  28. festo_sanjo Avatar
    festo_sanjo

    I feel like April is somehow tough for me, am abit like feeling burnout to say! I have lots of things I wanna write about but writer block is haunting me like hell 😆. I think I have to get out of my comfort zone ASAP.

    Didn’t see the eclipse too here in Tanzania 🇹🇿 but felt it as a spiritual being. Hope you keep on writing and wishing you the best in your books

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Oh no, sorry to hear that. Burnout sucks but I can relate. That’s how I was feeling a couple of weeks ago 😫

      Thanks and hope your writers block goes away soon!

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      1. festo_sanjo Avatar
        festo_sanjo

        Thanks Pooja for your comforting words.

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        1. Pooja G Avatar
          Pooja G

          You’re very welcome.

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  29. Tamara Kulish from https://tamarakulish.com/ Avatar
    Tamara Kulish from https://tamarakulish.com/

    Oh, I lived with worry for so long. I knew I shouldn’t, but I felt compelled to. It used to feel like I was cursed and everything was out to get me so I felt I had to think through every possible scenario to try to evade the next bad thing. What I didn’t know then, was I projected my negative inner thoughts about myself onto the outer world. Once I got started practicing speaking kindly to myself, I started to get in touch with my abilities and saw that I always managed through the storms, so I learned to develop trust in myself, which surprisingly to me, I found my worrying was decreasing and decreasing.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      I’ve been feeling like that recently and it sucks. I’ve been trying to be kinder to myself too. I know that will help but it’s been a little hard.

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  30. Nicole Smith Avatar
    Nicole Smith

    Glad the writer’s block is easing up. I haven’t been watching much tv myself, into reading.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much. That’s great, I think sometimes reading provides us with something watching TV just doesn’t.

      Reply
  31. Belladonna Avatar
    Belladonna

    So important to stay present! How sweet that you and your dad spend quality time.
    The eclipse was great too witness.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much. Yes, absolutely living in the moment is vital. Oh cool, I saw the eclipse online but it was still really fun to see!

      Reply
  32. Pennize Pics Avatar
    Pennize Pics

    I love the quote. It is true that if we worry to much about anything really, we will miss out on the joy that is happening right now. As for the eclipse, my sister and I watched it here in Florida. It was pretty cool.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thank you. Yes, worry robs us from enjoying the present. Oh nice, glad you got to see the eclipse.

      Reply
  33. Dusty Avatar
    Dusty

    That’s a great quote and it’s completely true. However, it is difficult to put that good advice into practice.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Yeah, I think that’s the main problem. It’s so hard to to put into practice or remember that advice when you need it most.

      Reply
  34. Steve Avatar
    Steve

    I enjoyed the quote. It’s clever, and good advice. Worry can be annoying but also debilitating so it’s really worth doing the work to get it under control. This moment now is all we truly have, and my challenge is to stay firmly in the present.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thank you so much. Same here, I want to work on appreciating the present but it’s so much harder than we think.

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      1. Steve Avatar
        Steve

        It’s work, for sure. 😅

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  35. vermavkv Avatar
    vermavkv

    Very nice.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much.

      Reply
  36. judeitakali Avatar
    judeitakali

    The quote- exactly what I needed this morning. 💕🖤

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      I really needed to hear it too so I decided to share it, I assumed others would benefit as well. So glad you did 💕

      Reply
  37. bigskybuckeye Avatar
    bigskybuckeye

    Thank you Pooja for sharing some of Corrie ten Boom’s wisdom and insight. Her thoughts frequently share from her life experiences. When worry is trying to bury our path, may we seek the Lord in prayer.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Happy to share it, she’s very wise.

      Reply
  38. Carol anne Avatar
    Carol anne

    A nice quote Pooj! I enjoyed it! I am headed to my sisters house for the afternoon, hope you enjoy your weekend!

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks and enjoy the time with your sister, hope she’s doing well!

      Reply

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